Considering Sargeras' prime directive is to destroy Azeroth, wouldn't it be in his best interest to destroy the Old Gods to do so? Just imagine the chaos if he killed every Old God, Azeroth would be beyond fucked.

Considering Sargeras' prime directive is to destroy Azeroth, wouldn't it be in his best interest to destroy the Old Gods to do so? Just imagine the chaos if he killed every Old God, Azeroth would be beyond fucked.

"Abedneum yells: Designation: Old Gods. Old Gods rendered all systems, including Earthen defenseless in order to facilitate assimilation. This matrix destabilization has been termed the Curse of Flesh. Effects of destabilization increased over time.
Brann Bronzebeard yells: Old Gods eh? So they zapped the Earthen with this Curse of Flesh. And then what?
Kaddrak yells: Accessing. Creators arrived to extirpate symbiotic infection. Assessment revealed that Old God infestation had grown malignant. Excising parasites would result in loss of host--
Brann Bronzebeard yells: If they killed the Old Gods Azeroth would have been destroyed."

Last I checked, Azeroth was still around.

Not to mention that death itself is very ambiguous in the Warcraft universe. Consider that he actually talks to us...

All of his whispers:

You can never leave this place. There is no way home.
You will die when you leave this place. There is nothing left of your world.
You have already lost.
All of your friends are dead.
No one is coming to save you.
Your allies will leave you behind.
You cannot succeed. Your cause is hopeless.
Your allies think you are weak.
You do not have the strength to defeat him, you are too weak to carry on.
With each threat unraveled, a step closer to my realm.
Another blemish on your soul.
You will rest in Ny'alotha.
You should kill them all. You must kill them all.
Eyes are the windows to the soul. Shatter them forever.
Pluck their wings. Leave them broken.
Pay the cost of greatness.
All should bow before you. Make them!
All that you have accomplished, all that you have won, yet still you lick the boots of kings.
Carve more slowly, that I may feed.
Embrace your rage.
Caress your fear.
Gorge your hatred.
Voice your doubts.
When you walk among the black forest, you will see.
I can taste the essence of your soul... it is sweet...

"Abedneum yells: Designation: Old Gods. Old Gods rendered all systems, including Earthen defenseless in order to facilitate assimilation. This matrix destabilization has been termed the Curse of Flesh. Effects of destabilization increased over time.
Brann Bronzebeard yells: Old Gods eh? So they zapped the Earthen with this Curse of Flesh. And then what?
Kaddrak yells: Accessing. Creators arrived to extirpate symbiotic infection. Assessment revealed that Old God infestation had grown malignant. Excising parasites would result in loss of host--
Brann Bronzebeard yells: If they killed the Old Gods Azeroth would have been destroyed."

Last I checked, Azeroth was still around.

Not to mention that death itself is very ambiguous in the Warcraft universe. Consider that he actually talks to us...

All of his whispers:

You can never leave this place. There is no way home.
You will die when you leave this place. There is nothing left of your world.
You have already lost.
All of your friends are dead.
No one is coming to save you.
Your allies will leave you behind.
You cannot succeed. Your cause is hopeless.
Your allies think you are weak.
You do not have the strength to defeat him, you are too weak to carry on.
With each threat unraveled, a step closer to my realm.
Another blemish on your soul.
You will rest in Ny'alotha.
You should kill them all. You must kill them all.
Eyes are the windows to the soul. Shatter them forever.
Pluck their wings. Leave them broken.
Pay the cost of greatness.
All should bow before you. Make them!
All that you have accomplished, all that you have won, yet still you lick the boots of kings.
Carve more slowly, that I may feed.
Embrace your rage.
Caress your fear.
Gorge your hatred.
Voice your doubts.
When you walk among the black forest, you will see.
I can taste the essence of your soul... it is sweet...

Your exact same source also very explicitly says that there are not 7 Sha, and that there are actually only 6.

Kosak doesn't say that there are only 6 Sha... He says there are 7, 1 for each of Y'Shaarj's 7 heads, but we only see 6 in the game. This interview happened just after MoP launch, what the 7th Sha was just wasn't revealed until SoO.

"Abedneum yells: Designation: Old Gods. Old Gods rendered all systems, including Earthen defenseless in order to facilitate assimilation. This matrix destabilization has been termed the Curse of Flesh. Effects of destabilization increased over time.
Brann Bronzebeard yells: Old Gods eh? So they zapped the Earthen with this Curse of Flesh. And then what?
Kaddrak yells: Accessing. Creators arrived to extirpate symbiotic infection. Assessment revealed that Old God infestation had grown malignant. Excising parasites would result in loss of host--
Brann Bronzebeard yells: If they killed the Old Gods Azeroth would have been destroyed."

Last I checked, Azeroth was still around.

Not to mention that death itself is very ambiguous in the Warcraft universe. Consider that he actually talks to us...

The very very dead part doesn't change my thoughts. For instance, if Garrosh would've been allowed to continue, I could see the Old God using Garrosh as a means to manifest itself and grow it's corruption, slowly coming back. I wouldn't see it as being alive and plotting, just as a natural side effect for their deaths; they'd be doing it unaware. The fact that both C'thun and Y'shaarj whisper after they're dead furthers that speculation.

Kosak doesn't say that there are only 6 Sha... He says there are 7, 1 for each of Y'Shaarj's 7 heads, but we only see 6 in the game. This interview happened just after MoP launch, what the 7th Sha was just wasn't revealed until SoO.

There are old gods on other worlds. The Titans travel the universe and destroy and rebuild planets. They have killed many old gods. Don't argue about lore when you're missing the foundations of the argument lol.

By all means, please take the subjective opinion of OG followers as facts despite what an author of the lore explicitly says...

It doesn't really seem subjective at all to me. Do you know what that word means? "They do not die." What is subjective about the statement?

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Originally Posted by Torgent

There are old gods on other worlds. The Titans travel the universe and destroy and rebuild planets. They have killed many old gods. Don't argue about lore when you're missing the foundations of the argument lol.

WTF are you talking about? There were always 7, it's just that only 6 were shown in game at the start.

Originally Posted by Dave Kosak

We've seen the number 7 quite a bit lately. You've got the 7 Sha manifestations, the 7 burdens of Shaohao, the 7 heads of Y'Shaarj, and in Jaina's book, the annihilation of the 7th Legion. So what's up with the number 7?
The 7 heads of Y'Shaarj breathed out sort of the 7 burdens. Although, from an early draft of the story, we really only see 6 Sha in the game which has to do with the burdens of Shaohao. (Source)